One of the main things I miss from Sublime Text is the ability to wrap
selected text in symbols/markers or tags. I used this largely for Markdown
and LaTeX, the main "languages" I write in. So it goes like this: you have
some text which you want to italicize, say, select it and press * once and
Sublime wraps the text in asterisks. It seems to recognize most symbols
that are common for the language, since it works with all sorts of brackets
or specific symbols and even some LaTeX environment tags.
As I understand it, the only way to do this in BBEdit is to create a
clipping based around #SELECTIONORINSERTION#. So basically if I want to
wrap a text in, say, \textbf{...}, I have to create a specific clipping to
say \textbf{#SELECTIONORINSERTION#}.
This is largely inconvenient, because I have to create a clipping for each
and every usage I'll ever have. For Markdown, I'd be OK with single or
double asterisks for bold/italic, but for LaTeX, there are a lot of
environments or commands which I'd need... Admittedly, I can setup one
clipping for wrapping in curly braces, then write the appropriate command,
but still, it's not very comfortable. And setting up keyboard shortcuts for
each and every one of them is equally cumbersome.
Are there alternatives? Or do I really have to create a clipping for each
symbol or marker which I'll ever use for wrapping text in it? I understand
and value clippings for more generous snippets, but for wrapping text in
symbols, I'd say it's overly complicated.
Thank you.
P.S. I don't want to sound like I'm bashing BBEdit or its workflow! Quite
the contrary, in fact, I love it. But as I'm trying to get a better command
of it, I'd say it's natural for questions and frustrations to arise. :)
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